Iwan sings on the Maes for the final time after 60 years

HAVING sung at every National Eisteddfod for 60 years, veteran folk singer Dafydd Iwan has performed on the festival's main stage for the last time.

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Dafydd and his band took to the stage on Sunday afternoon, with several thousand people expecting him to sing some of his favourite songs. And they were not disappointed.

He said: “The line has to be drawn somewhere, and I'm looking forward to enjoying several more 'Steddfods from the back seats!”

But Dafydd emphasised that he will not stop singing completely!

“I know it's a bit of a joke that I want to stop singing. I've been trying to retire for years. But I want to stop singing with the band.

“Don't get me wrong, I enjoy singing with the band. I'm having amazing fun singing with them behind me, but I felt it was appropriate now to stop the big nights. It's starting to get boring, the late nights and all the arrangements to get everyone together, so after August, singing by myself to the accompaniment of the guitar, some kind of conversation and song, would do,” he said.